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United Biscuits private equity owners mull sale

Another long-standing British food company may be about to go under the hammer, as the private equity owners of United Biscuits put out feelers to investment banks over a sale that could reach £2bn.

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Half-baked, the verdict on Tesco's bread boasts

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

The loaves of bread lining the shelves might be warm and soft to the touch. But despite appearances, many supermarkets use their "in-store bakeries" merely to warm up bread made in industrial units hundreds of miles away.

FSA loses its role in food labelling

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

The Food Standards Agency in England is to lose its responsibilities for nutrition and labelling.

Faith leaders accuse EU of discrimination over compulsory labelling of halal foods

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Jewish and Muslim leaders have accused the European Union of "naked discrimination" by ordering the compulsory labelling of all kosher and halal meat.

Not enough beef? 'Let them eat insects'

Monday, 19 July 2010

With around 70 per cent of the world's agricultural land now being used for meat production, a Dutch insect specialist has suggested a novel way of catering to the world's growing population – by eating insects instead of mammals.

Talk about vintage bubbly! Divers find 220-year-old bottle

Monday, 19 July 2010

A treasure trove of two centuries-old, but perfectly drinkable, champagne has been found near a shipwreck 180 feet deep in the Baltic. It is thought that the champagne may belong to a consignment sent to the tsar of Russia by King Louis XVI just before the French revolution. If so, the bottles – at least 30 of them and possibly many more – could be worth millions of pounds at auction.

18th century champagne found in shipwreck

Sunday, 18 July 2010

Divers discovered what is thought to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne in a 200-year-old shipwreck under the Baltic Sea.

Olive oil shock as consumers feel effects of Greece's financial crisis

Saturday, 17 July 2010

Putting a bottle of olive oil into your shopping trolley is about to become more expensive because of Europe's financial crisis.

Divers find oldest champagne in Baltic wreck

Saturday, 17 July 2010

A group of divers exploring a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea have found bottles containing what is thought to be the oldest drinkable champagne in the world, made in the late 18th century. "I picked up one champagne bottle just so we could find the age of the wreck, because we didn't find any name or any details that would have told us the name of the ship," diver Christian Ekstrom from Aland told Reuters today.

Halloumi good, souvlaki bad ... Greek chain lists calories on menu

Friday, 16 July 2010

Ordering a meal and a bottle of wine will never be the same again. In an extension of a public health campaign into the eating out world, a restaurant has become the first to display calorie counts for all its dishes and drinks.